indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to be surprised; to be astonished
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
boy; son; baby boy; young man
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)